Quizbowl #2: SDG 1,2,3

Question 1

Which SDG aims to End Proverty in all its forms everywhere?

Answer 1

SDG 1

Question 2

How much does a family earn per day to be considered poor according to United Nations?

Answer 2

$1.90 and below

Question 3

More than ___ of the world population, still live in extreme poverty today, struggling to fulfill the most basic needs.

Answer 3

700 million people

Question 4

Which of the following are NOT considered vulnerable populations?

a. low-incomme families
b. the insured
c. the elderly
d. ethnic minorities

Answer 4

the insured

Question 5

In 2016, 55 percent of the world’s population – about 4 billions people – did not benefit from any form of _____.

Answer 5

social protection

Question 6

Baseline projections suggested that 8% of the population would still be living in extremem poverty in 2030.

Answer 6

false – 6%

Question 7

2 of 5 children live in extreme poverty.

Answer 7

false – 1 of 5

Question 8

Before 2015, the household that is considered poor only earns $1.25 per day, now $1.90 per day.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

These countries are expected to see the largest increase in extremem poverty, living below the international poverty line.

Answer 9

Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Question 10

Which SDG aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture?

Answer 10

SDG 2

Question 11

Current estimates show that nearly____ are hungry, or 8.9 percent of the population in 5 years.

Answer 11

690 million people

Question 12

The world is on track to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030.

Answer 12

false

Question 13

According to the World Food Programme, 135 million suffer from acute hunger largely sue to the following except:

a. man-made conflicts
b. lack of education
c. climate change
d. economic downturns

Answer 13

lack of education

Question 14

The majority of the world’s undernourished–381 million–are still found in ____.

Answer 14

Asia

Question 15

More than 250 million live in Africa, where the number of undernourished is growing faster than anywhere in the world.

Answer 15

true

Question 16

An estimated 2 billion in the people in the world did not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food in 2019.

Answer 16

true

Question 17

It is called a condition caused by limited nutrient intake and infection.

Answer 17

Acute undernutrition

Question 18

By 2030, SDG2 aims to double agriculture productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers particularly _____, _____, ______.

Answer 18

1. women
2. farmers
3. indigenous people

Question 19

By 2030, SDG2 aims the following except:

a. ensure sustainable food production systems
b. increase investment on climate change
c. implement resilient agricultural practices
d. maintain genetic, diversity of seeds, cultivated plants & domesticated animals

Answer 19

increase investment on climate change

Question 20

You can make changes in you own life in SDG2 by supporting local farmers or markets & making sustainable food choices.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Which SDG aims to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages?

Answer 21

SDG 3

Question 22

In the following countries are where maternal mortality has declined by around two-thirds, except:

a. Eastern Asia
b. Southern Asia
c. Souther Africa
d. Northern Africa

Answer 22

Southern Africa

Question 23

Children in sub-Sahara Africa are more than 15x more liekly to die before 5 than children in high income countries.

Answer 23

true

Question 24

Every day in 2017, approximately 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth?

Answer 24

false – 810

Question 25

____ face a higher risk of complications and death as a result of pregnancy than other women.

Answer 25

young adolescents (aged 10-14)

Question 26

____ have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic.

Answer 26

32.7 million

Question 27

____ people globally were living with HIV in 2019.

Answer 27

38 million

Question 28

____ people have become newly infected with HIV in 2019.

Answer 28

1.7 million

Question 29

This sickness remains the leading cuases of death among people living with HIV, 1 of 3 AIDS-related deaths.

Answer 29

tuberculosis

Question 30

SDG2 aims to ensure universal access to sexual & reproductive healthcare services, including for family planning & education.

Answer 30

false – SDG3